[cyberformer]

Wonder if anyone can solve the following situation?

I dug up an old Sound Blaster Live! install CD which is labeled under the Dell brand.

It has the following:

Sound Blaster Live! Value Software.

Dell Part #2427U

Build"SBLV-DLOEM-W3-L7

Windows 98 Driver
Version 4.06.624

Windows NT 4.0 Driver
Version 4.06.624

Now I have on hand the following SB Live! cards, and am perplexed as to which one (if any) the CD is for.


Model # SB0200
CT4830
CT4780
and a CT5807

Does anyone know if that CD is for one of these cards, none of which bares the words "DELL".
I do recollect though, a very long time ago, pulling one of these from a Dell PC---which might not have been the original card that particular PC came with, being that it was found on the curb.

If the CD is not for any of the above cards, does anyone know what Sound Blaster Live! Value it might have been for?

Now you might say "can you not make the effort to try each of them, etc"
But I tried something like this before, and it would seem to really mess the PC up when it comes to the sound applications!
Some stuff seems to interfere with the next endeavor: things "pop up" with no thing to work with---and I end up with a grand mess.
Anyone having tried to install a slew of drivers (one after the other in succession) for an individual sound card-match, not quite knowing if any of those drivers will work--should know what can happen. I do not really what to have to experience that horrid situation again!

[jumper]

cyberformer, on 16 May 2012 - 09:55 PM, said:

Model # SB0200
CT4830
CT4780
and a CT5807

Check the PCI ID's for each card against those listed in the CD's INF file(s). See post #1 for the ID's of the CT4780 and CT4830 and instructions on where in the registry to look for the others.

[cyberformer]

Thank you, Jumper.

Whilst I did explore the CD ere my first post, I could only find "Sound Blaster Live" referenced in the "read me" files,
and no mention of version numbers! Odd thing is, that none of these "SB' cards look remarkably different from each other.

[jumper]

"Sound Blaster Live" is a marketing brand name for a family of products (chips / boards). "Live" is the version number! The string "SB Live!" is often used instead.

Did you find the INF file(s) with PCI ID's (PCI\VEN_1102...)? (Don't expect to find "Sound Blaster Live" in them, but maybe "SB Live".)

Perhaps: SBLIVE.inf or OEMEMU.INF
also: Ctom10k1.inf, Ctcq10k1.inf , Wsi210k1.inf, kx.inf, wdma10k1.inf....

[cyberformer]

Indeed I have jumper!

The OEMEMU.INF proudly proclaims ---CT4780 - SBLive! Value......!!!!

Now I am wondering if these two CT48780 cards (which do not have "Dell" anywhere labeled, written, or inscribed thereon,
will work with that Dell CD, or.....if Creative had CT48780 cards---that had no thing to do with dell.
I hope they are the cards that this CD's drivers will get working.
Thanks for your excellent help.

OK! It works in my Compaq 5900z.
I assume the other will work too!
Now I've to get the Ct4830 and the SB0200 working and it's Sound Blaster frenzy time!

This post has been edited by cyberformer: 23 May 2012 - 12:52 AM

[jumper]

One down, three to go....

In case you want/need to try other drivers:

MDGx SB drivers

[LeftHandedCat]

Hello Forum :-)

I want to install DOS Drivers for Soundblaster Live. My Hardware ID is:

PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_00201102&REV_04
PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_00201102
PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&REV_04&CC_0401
PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&CC_040100
PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&CC_0401

my card should be: CT4670 - PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_00201102 - Sound Blaster Live! (Gen I) Value

which Driverpackage will i need to download to install the correct DOS drivers? I already tried

sbldos.zip: Pure DOS Drivers 1999 Release and
sbldos2.zip: Pure DOS Drivers 2000 Release

but instantly after clicking setup.exe an error message occured "not enough free space" (there are a few GBs of free space!)

Computer Specs:

AMD K6-2/500 / 512MB RAM
Win98SE

thanks,
Left-Handed-Cat

This post has been edited by LeftHandedCat: 04 August 2012 - 07:48 PM

[ragnargd]

When i use the driver pack, from the first page, my pc hangs while trying to install "Creative SB16 Emulation".
I have a sb live value type.
Of course, as long as i don't remove the soundcard, it now stays in this loop...
How can i get rid of the drivers again, except by reinstalling?
Then, there are two iso's on mgmx's download page - what is the difference between them?

Cheers,
Ragnar G.D.

[Foxbat]

ragnargd, on 15 September 2012 - 01:17 PM, said:

How can i get rid of the drivers again, except by reinstalling?

Driver Cleaner Pro 1.5

[ragnargd]

Foxbat, on 16 September 2012 - 01:40 AM, said:

ragnargd, on 15 September 2012 - 01:17 PM, said:

How can i get rid of the drivers again, except by reinstalling?

Driver Cleaner Pro 1.5

Thank you Foxbat, the software did the deinstallation fine.
But.
No matter which driver i tried it with, the result remains.
Probably my SB Live Value has a problem, or there is some incompatibility with the AM2NF2-VSTA, or with something else (i had, i.e., an incompatibility of this card with a Radeon 9700 Pro - atm there is a GeForce 6600 inside, though).
Well, there is still my trusted Audigy, which will work better with Windows 7 anyway, so i'll try that instead.

Addendum: Audigy works fine on W98SE, XP and W7 - mission acoomplished.

[Foxbat]

ragnargd, on 15 September 2012 - 01:17 PM, said:

When i use the driver pack, from the first page, my pc hangs while trying to install "Creative SB16 Emulation".
I have a sb live value type.

I also have a Sound Blaster Live! Value Gen II. When I tested the "Main Driver Set", I found that using the installer would cause installation problems. To avoid that, I simply went to Device Manager and pointed the sound card to the directory when I have the drivers extracted.

ragnargd, on 15 September 2012 - 01:17 PM, said:

Then, there are two iso's on mgmx's download page - what is the difference between them?

I've examined a number of files from that MDGx's Sound Blaster page, but not all of them. I can tell you that you don't need either of those "Value" ISOs as they're the original CDs which are very outdated, and may be card specific (there are multiple SBLive! Values). There is a better way if you're looking to get full functionality from your card. Download the much more recent SB_Live!Ware_3.0_CD_ISO from that page. This is not card specific, so it should work with Gen I and Gen II cards, just not the Gen III 5.1 series. It will install the complete line of apps and drivers. You do not need the update that comes with it. After that, install RetroOS's package to update the core drivers using the method I mentioned above. If you decide to try this, report back if it worked for you.

[illusions]

Hi, please suggest the right sound driver for native dos 6.22 or windows 98 dos.
Thanks.


I have install dos 6.22 on dell dimension 8300
it has DELL oem SoundBlaster Live 5.1 Digital PCI SoundCard (sb0200)
hardware id is PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0006&SIBSUS_10031102&REV_00\4&1C660DD6&0&10F0
The following config.sys, autoexec.bat and driver info but it does not work.

config.sys --------
device=himem.sys
device=emm386.exe noems
device=AHCI.SYS /D:sata
device=UIDE.SYS /D:gen
devicehigh=ansi.sys

files=10
buffers=10
dos=high,umb
stacks=9,256
lastdrive=z
BREAK=ON

autoexec.bat ------------
MSCDEX.EXE /D:sata /D:gen
doskey.com /insert
mouse.com

set sndscape=c:\pci128
set blaster=A220 I5 D1 T2
c:\pci128\apinit.com

This post has been edited by illusions: 27 November 2012 - 02:42 PM

[Jorpho]

LeftHandedCat, on 04 August 2012 - 07:46 PM, said:

but instantly after clicking setup.exe an error message occured "not enough free space" (there are a few GBs of free space!)

I'm running into this same problem. I even tried filling the drive to capacity, and switching the TEMP and TMP variables to point to a smaller drive. What's the solution? It's a 32-bit SETUP.EXE, so MKCOMPAT shouldn't do anything.

I have a CT4810, but I haven't tried playing with the Windows drivers yet.

EDIT: Can ANYONE reading this successfully run the setup program in sbldos2.zip ? It occurs to me the whole setup package might be missing some vital component.

EDIT2: Of course, the fact that the CT4810 is an Ensoniq AudioPCI and not an SB Live! might have something to do with it too.

This post has been edited by Jorpho: 25 January 2013 - 11:31 PM